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Each year, the American Society for Theatre Research recognizes outstanding scholarship with three awards and one prize, funds members' research with two fellowships, and helps defray travel costs to the conference through two grants. Application and nomination procedures are outlined below:
- DISSERTATION RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
- DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR AWARD
- BARNARD HEWITT AWARD
- ERROL HILL AWARD
- GERALD KAHAN SCHOLAR'S PRIZE
- DAVID KELLER TRAVEL GRANT
- THOMAS MARSHALL TRAVEL GRANT
- RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
DISSERTATION RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
Deadline: March 15, 2007
Purpose: This award of $600 is intended to assist Ph.D. candidates with the expenses of travel to national and international collections to conduct research projects connected with their dissertations.
Eligibility: Ph.D. candidates who have passed their qualifying exams within the last two years (or will have passed their qualifying exams by June of the current year) and have begun working on their dissertations. The project must be part of the dissertation research.
Application: A complete application consists of: (1) a project abstract of 100 words; (2) a 500-word description of the proposed project, including specific information about the nature of the project, a research strategy, the current status of the project, and a rationale for the project in terms of its contribution to the discipline; (3) a statement describing how the award will be used and how the research award will help the project; (4) a curriculum vitae, including information on academic training and foreign languages relevant to the area of research; (5) two letters of recommendation: one from the dissertation advisor and a second letter from a scholar familiar with the student’s work. At least one letter must come from a member of ASTR.
Electronic submissions are encouraged. Applications should be attached in .rtf or .doc (MS Word) format. Support letters may be emailed as attachments or may be included in the body of the message. Send applications for 2007 to: Brandi Wilkins Catanese, Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies, University of California at Berkeley, 101 Dwinelle Annex, Berkeley, CA 94720-2560; catanese@berkeley.edu.
Evaluation: Committee members will evaluate applications according to the following standards: (1) clarity [Is the proposal accessible to a committee composed of specialists from a range of areas within theatre and performance? Are the "stakes" of the project clear?]; (2) critical rigor [Are the guiding questions that frame the project conceptually sophisticated? Is the project "in conversation" with other research in the field?]; (3) originality [Does the project open up new areas of research within the field or offer us refreshing methods for considering canonical traditions or texts?]
Deadline: Applications must be postmarked by March 15, 2007 . Applicants are responsible for seeing that supporting letters are sent by the deadline.
Notification: Winners will be notified by May 1, 2007.
Deadline: March 15, 2007
NOTE: Beginning in 2007, any ASTR member may submit a nomination from the membership for this Award. A list of previous winners can be found in the Archives section of the ASTR Web site.
Purpose: The Distinguished Scholar Award is given each year to a scholar whose body of work has made a significant contribution to the field of theatre, dance, opera, and/or performance studies. The three previous Distinguished Scholar Award winners and nominees will consider the candidates and select the recipient.
Nomination: Nominations will be accepted from ASTR members and previous winners of this award. Send nominations for 2007 to: Judith Milhous at jmilhous@gc.cuny.edu.
Evaluation: The three evaluators will weigh the contributions made by each of the nominees to the fields of theatre, dance, opera, and/or performance studies.
Deadline: Nominations must be received by March 15, 2007.
Notification: The winner will be notified by June 1, 2007.
Deadline: April 15, 2007
Purpose and Sponsors: The Barnard Hewitt Award for Outstanding Research in Theatre History is awarded each year to the best book in “theatre history or cognate disciplines.” The Award carries a cash value of $1000. ASTR handles the selection process for the Award, while The Department of Theater at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign provides the monetary prize. Illinois initiated the Award many years ago to honor its founding department chair, Barnard Hewitt.
Background: Barnard Hewitt was born in 1906 and loved the theater from childhood. At Cornell University, where he earned his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees, he focused his studies on dramatic literature and theater. He taught at the University of Colorado, Montana State University, and Brooklyn College before joining the faculty of the University of Illinois in 1948. There he headed the Theater division of the Department of Speech and quickly set up a doctoral program in Theater. In 27 years, until his retirement in 1975, Professor Hewitt directed 90 or so doctoral dissertations. His seminal work was Theatre U.S.A., for which he collected and evaluated countless descriptions of U.S. theater that had never been studied before. Theatre U.S.A. can be said to have set the course for all future studies of American theater. In addition to his other accomplishments, Professor Hewitt assumed the first editorship of Educational Theatre Journal (now Theatre Journal). ASTR acknowledges the continued generosity of the Department of Theatre at the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), which supports this award in Barnard Hewitt's memory.
Eligibility: Eligible books must have been published in the previous calendar year. They must be written by a scholar or scholars residing in the Americas, or by a scholar or scholars located outside the Americas but writing on an American topic. Plays, edited collections, and anthologies are not eligible for this prize. Authors wishing to be considered for the award should contact their publishers about nominating them.
Nomination: Publishers are invited to send one copy of each book they wish to be considered to each member of the 2007 Barnard Hewitt Committee:
Ellen Donkin, 1 Maplewood Drive, Amherst, MA 01002
James Harding, 1009 N. Edison, Arlington, VA 22205
Claire Sponsler, English Department, 308 EPB, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242-1492
Please direct questions for the 2007 competition to: Ellen Donkin (Chair) edonkin@hampshire.edu.
Evaluation: The winning book will be judged as innovative in its approach to material, meticulous in its historical scholarship, and original in its conclusions.
Deadline: Nominated books should reach committee by April 15, 2007.
Notification: The winner will be notified by September 1, 2007.
Deadline: May 15, 2007
Purpose: The Errol Hill Award for $500 is given to the best book-length manuscript (research study, historical study, collection of essays) or scholarly essay in recognition of outstanding scholarship in African American theater, drama, and/or performance studies. The book or essay must be published during the year in question (2006 for the 2007 award), and deal with African American theater history, dramatic literature, or performance studies (dance, history of acting and directing, or public performances, i.e., parades, pageants, etc.).
Eligibility: Any independent, tenured, or untenured scholar is eligible. Eligible books and articles must have been published in the previous calendar year. Authors wishing to be nominated for the award should contact their publishers or editors about nominating them.
Nomination: Nominations can come from the author of a book or essay, any member of ASTR, or a book publisher or editor of a journal in which an essay has appeared. (Authors can nominate only one essay. Editors can nominate one essay per volume.) Each nomination should include three hard copies of the essay or book. Book publishers and journal editors are invited to send one copy of each book or essay they wish to be considered to each member of the Errol Hill Award committee.
Contact the 2007 Committee Chair for addresses or questions: Shannon Steen,
Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies,
101 Dwinelle Annex #2560,
University of California at Berkeley,
Berkeley, CA 94709-2560;
steen21@berkeley.edu
Evaluation: The winning book or essay will be judged as (1) displaying originality in the broad field of African American theater and performance; (2) exhibiting critical rigor; (3) showing an acquaintance with related research in African American theater and performance; and (4) opening new research development in the field.
Deadline: Nominated materials must be postmarked by May 15, 2007.
Notification: The winner is notified by October 1, 2007.
Deadline: March 15, 2007
Purpose: The American Society for Theatre Research offers an annual award of $500 for the best essay written and published in English in a refereed scholarly journal. The essay can be on any subject in theater research, broadly construed. The Kahan Prize presentation at the ASTR annual meeting includes an acknowledgement of the editor’s contribution to scholarship.
Eligibility: The author must be untenured and within seven years of the doctorate, or must be enrolled in a doctoral program, at the time the essay is published.
Nomination: Nominations can come from the author of an essay, any member of ASTR, or the editor of a journal in which the essay has appeared. Authors can nominate only one essay. Editors can nominate one essay per volume. Each nomination should include four hard copies of the essay.
Articles should be sent to: Professor Leo Cabranes-Grant,
Department of Theater and Dance,
University of California at Santa Barbara,
Santa Barbara, California, 93106-7060; cabranes@spanport.ucsb.edu.
Evaluation: The winning essay will be judged as displaying originality in the broad field of theatre and performance, exhibiting critical rigor, showing an acquaintance with related research in theatre and performance, and promising future professional development in the field.
Deadline: Applications must be postmarked by March 15, 2007.
Notification: The winner will be notified by June 1, 2007.
Deadline: March 15, 2007
Purpose: Each year the American Society for Theatre Research awards up to three grants of $600 each in honor of the late David Mathias Keller (1936-1994), Professor of English, Speech and Theatre at the City University of New York's Kingsborough Community College and a Visiting Professor at Cornell University. Professor Keller -- a director, actor and production manager -- also served as the Treasurer of ASTR for many years. The purpose of the Grant is to encourage untenured scholars with terminal degrees to become active members of the Society by helping them to meet the expenses of attending the ASTR annual meeting in November. ASTR conference registration fees will be waived for Grant winners.
Eligibility: Any untenured scholars with terminal degrees, including independent scholars and tenure-track and adjunct faculty, are eligible.
Application: Request an application form from Patricia Ybarra (contact information below). Complete the application form, including (1) a single-page essay explaining the value of attending the next ASTR meeting at this stage in your professional development. The essay should run one page only, no smaller than 10-pt type, with 1-inch margins; (2) a copy of your curriculum vitae; (3) two letters of recommendation. Recommenders must write separate letters for each nominee. Letters may be submitted via email.
Send applications and queries to:
Professor Patricia Ybarra,
Brown University,
Department of Theatre, Speech and Dance,
Box 1897,
Providence, RI 02912; patricia_ybarra@brown.edu.
Evaluation: Applications will be judged on the quality of the applicant’s expression of interest in attending an ASTR meeting and on the recommenders’ letters of support.
Deadline: Applications must be postmarked by March 15, 2007. Applicants are responsible for seeing that letters of recommendation are sent by the deadline.
Notification: All applicants will be notified by May 1, 2007.
THOMAS MARSHALL TRAVEL GRANT
Deadline: March 15, 2007
Purpose: Each year the American Society for Theatre Research awards up to three grants of $600 each in honor of the late Thomas F. Marshall, a distinguished theatre scholar and founder of ASTR, who took particular interest in the encouragement and support of promising students in the field of theatre research. The purpose of the award is to encourage students to become active members of the Society by helping them to meet the expenses of attending the ASTR annual meeting in November. ASTR conference registration fees will be waived for Grant winners.
Eligibility: any student majoring in theatre/performance studies in any academic department at any level of higher education is eligible. Students need not be members of ASTR at the time of application.
Application: Request an application form from Patricia Ybarra (contact information below). Complete the form, including:
(1) a single-page essay explaining the value of attending the next ASTR meeting to your career. The essay should run one page only, no smaller than 10-pt type, with 1-inch margins; (2) a copy of your curriculum vitae, including relevant work experience, courses taken in the theatre, drama, performance studies, or related fields, and any fluency in foreign languages; (3) a sponsoring letter from a member of ASTR. [Please note that each member of ASTR is permitted to nominate only one student per year for a Marshall Grant. Members of the Marshall Committee may not nominate students, but students from the home institutions of committee members can be nominated by others. Committee members do not vote on students from
their own institution.] (4) a supporting letter from an additional person familiar with your work. Recommenders must write separate letters for each nominee they support. Letters may be submitted via email.
Send applications and queries to: Professor Patricia Ybarra, Department of Theatre, Speech and Dance, Brown University, Box 1897, Providence, RI 02912; patricia_ybarra@brown.edu.
Evaluation: Applications will be judged on the quality of the student’s expression of interest in joining ASTR and on the recommenders’ letters of support.
Deadline: Applications must be postmarked by March 15, 2007. Applicants are responsible for seeing that sponsoring and supporting letters are sent before the deadline.
Notification: All applicants will be informed by May 1, 2007.
Deadline: March 15, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of the ASTR Research Fellowship is to underwrite some of the research expenses of scholars undertaking projects significant to the field of theatre and/or performance studies. The total award amount is $4000, which can be divided between multiple winners. The Fellowship can be used in conjunction with funding from other sources.
Eligibility: Anyone holding a terminal degree and who has been a member of ASTR for at least three years is eligible to apply. Rank and institutional affiliation are not considered.
Application: Submit to the committee chair (see below): (1) a 150-word abstract of the project; (2) a longer but concise narrative description of the project, indicating its procedures, goals, and significance within the field of theater/performance studies; (3) a budget for the project, indicating the portion of expenses that ASTR funds will be used to underwrite, such as travel, reproductions, etc.; (4) a two-page curriculum vitae; (5) three letters of support from scholars in the proposed or related fields of study. Recommendations may be submitted via email.
Send complete applications and letters of reference to: Gretchen Smith
gesmith@mail.smu.edu.
Evaluation: Committee members will consider the merit of the project within the field of theater/performance studies and of the individual scholar’s academic research endeavors.
Deadline: Applications must be postmarked by March 15, 2007.
Notification: All applicants will be informed by May 1, 2007.
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